Suspected brain metastasis from lung cancer mimicking intracerebral hemorrhage: A case report. Issue 10 (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ma, Rui; Fang, Shao-Kuan; Hou, Shuai; Wang, Xue; Meng, Hong-Mei
• Other Names: NA. section editor.
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 97:Issue 10(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: brain metastasis -- intracerebral hemorrhage -- lung cancer; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000010106
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

Abstract: Rationale: Hemorrhage rarely occurs in a solitary brain metastasis from lung carcinoma. Patient concerns: We report on a 54-year-old man who presented with a severe headache for 4 days. Diagnoses: Based on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging enhancement, the patient was diagnosed with a suspected hemorrhagic brain metastasis from lung carcinoma. Interventions: The patient's family rejected a pathological examination. Outcomes: The patient's family requested discharge after diagnosis. Lessons: The present case emphasizes the need to consider hemorrhagic metastasis as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting with solitary intracerebral hemorrhage whose location is uncommon, especially when the poor general state of the patient cannot be attributed to hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.